More than three-quarters of the COVID-19 patients treated at a Dutch Intensive Care (IC) were overweight. And because overweight people are 44% more likely to die from COVID-19, there is every reason to take that connection seriously. That death risk…
“There is a mismatch between what science knows and what business does,” asserts Dan Pink in his TED-talk ‘The puzzle of motivation’. He is absolutely right. ‘Evidence-based practice’ sounds incredibly wonderful, but is by no means easy to find in…
Getting to know other first-year students while jumping around and kicking in th air, strapped into a harness with a pair of VR glasses on. This can be done during the Active Esports Competition. “A great alternative for the introduction…
I am often surprised that – when talking about patents – it’s mainly about creating monopolies and keeping that knowledge to yourself. Sharing knowledge and inventions is presented as the antithesis of patenting, yet it isn’t in practice. Patent applications…
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is investing 10 million euros in the establishment of a new energy institute, the Eindhoven Institute for Renewable Energy Systems (EIRES). Chairman of the Board Robert-Jan Smits will officially announce this next week during the…
The Dutch university hospital UMC Utrecht has designed a wristband that warns of potential infection with coronavirus, even before there are any symptoms. The UMC Utrecht has received a European subsidy of € 10 million for the further development of…
If you could just make a life-like simulation of a sick patient in such a way that doctors and nurses can practice medical procedures in a realistic way. That could then save lives. That was the idea that Jasen Hashem…
Scientists from TU Delft (a Dutch technological university) have developed a method to selectively separate microparticles out of a liquid by virtue of their shape. The resulting technique can be used in various fields of expertise. For example in the…
The international incubation scheme European Venture Programme takes students and researchers from technical universities on an entrepreneurial expedition. Because why should you start out small when you can immediately make contacts all over Europe? “Often entrepreneurs start in their own…
At the Montanuniversität Leoben ( the University of Leoben, one of the three Austrian Universities of Technology and specialized in mining, metallurgy, and materials, ed.) researchers are pursuing a unique approach in the production of hydrogen. Natural gas is broken down into hydrogen…